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\caption{Measures of country performance: Summary statistics}
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{Outcome}&{Mean}&{s.d.}&{min.}&{max.}&{Unit} \tabularnewline
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GDP per capita growth&--0.023&4.641&--18.532&18.914&\% \tabularnewline
Inflation (CPI)&--0.754&9.259&--54.423&52.756&\% \tabularnewline
Unemployment&0.008&2.336&--10.555&14.285&\% of labor force \tabularnewline
Trade intensity&1.593&13.413&--113.361&107.662&\% of GDP \tabularnewline
HDI&0.016&0.014&--0.124&0.070&0–1 scale \tabularnewline
Democracy index&0.019&0.075&--0.540&0.573&0–1 scale \tabularnewline
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\\ \parbox{\linewidth}{\footnotesize \caption*{\footnotesize \textit{Notes}: This table lists the main variables which we use to measure country performance, defined for each outcome as the difference between the average level of that outcome in the four years following the election and its level in the year before the election.}}
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